The Long (bumpy) Ride

Jan 25, 2018

I’m 7 years PO and I have NOT maintained my weight loss after RNY.  I have a history of being able to lose weight on a restricted diet and exercise get close to goal, then not maintain.  This has happened again with RNY. The only difference is that the regain cycle has been slower.

So here’s where I’m at.  I’ve gained 75 pounds, I’ve been diagnosed as pre diabetic, and I’m smoking again.  And as pathetic as it sounds I’m trying once again to reverse this predictable, sad cycle and get back on track. 

In the giddy days right after RNY, when the weight seemed to melt off, it was so much fun to experience the transformation. I don’t think I ever really got to my ultimate goal weight, and I look back on my blog posts and see I was over confident.  The initial weight loss was EASY, the real job is maintenance and that is WORK.

There’s no magic, it’s a simple formula, track food, exercise, I know, I know, I’ve done it before.

When starting the RNY process, I didn’t want to read the long time P.O. posts, they weren’t Exciting, or transformative. Well I shoulda, because maybe I would have learned about how hard it is to keep the weight off, even after WLS.

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